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Iranian’s Severe Protest Response Leaves at Least 92 Civilians Dead

BBC: Iranian police have cracked down on students at a prestigious university in Tehran, as anti-government protests continue to sweep the country. Reports said a large number of students at Sharif University of Technology were trapped in a car park that had been surrounded by security personnel. In his first public comments, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the nationwide protests as “riots” that he claimed had been “planned” by the United States and Israel, “as well as their paid agents, with the help of some traitorous Iranians abroad” (BBC). BBC Presenter Rana Rahimpour: Breaking: #Iran security forces have laid siege to #Sharif university of Tehran. Many students and professors have been beaten up, some students are entrapped inside. The security forces are rounding up students. Shots can be heard in these videos (Twitter). Daily Mail: At least ’92 people’ have been killed in a brutal crackdown of anti-government protests sparked by the death of a young woman reportedly tortured in custody by Iranian police for not wearing a hijab properly (Daily Mail).

RNC Files Complaint Alleging Google Sends GOP-Related Emails to Spam Folder

Daily Wire: The Republican National Committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging that Google is suppressing the GOP vote in November by sending millions of RNC election emails to recipients’ spam folders. According to RNC officials, over 22 million emails sent in the last three days of September from the RNC were spammed by Google; over 3.1 million on September 28, over 9.8 million on September 29, and over 9.97 million on September 30… Evidence was offered by the RNC that party emails go from “strong inbox delivery— 90-100%” down to 0% by the time the month is ending (Daily Wire). Fox News: Meanwhile, Republicans have pointed to a non-partisan study by researchers at North Carolina State University which found that Gmail allows the vast majority of emails from the Democratic Party to land in the user’s inbox while more than two-thirds of messages from conservative candidates are marked as spam. Gmail “retained the majority of left-wing candidate emails in inbox (< 10.12% marked as spam) while sent the majority of right-wing candidate emails to the spam folder (up to 77.2% marked as spam),” the study found (Fox News). John Lott Jr.: RNC says Google suppressed more than 22M GOTV, fundraising emails in September, exploring ‘legal options.’ If you have gmail, Republican get out the vote efforts go to SPAM folder (Twitter).

Home Prices Sees Largest Declines Since 2009

Bloomberg: Median home prices fell 0.98 percent in August from a month earlier, following a 1.05 percent drop in July, mortgage-data provider Black Knight Inc. said in a report Monday. The two periods mark the largest monthly declines since January 2009… The housing market is losing steam fast with skyrocketing mortgage rates driving affordability to the lowest level since the 1980s. The Federal Reserve has sought to curb inflation, which has thrown cold water on the US real estate boom (Bloomberg). Fox News: In addition to the large rate hike, Fed officials laid out an aggressive path of rate increases for the remainder of the year. New economic projections released after the two-day meeting show policymakers expect interest rates to hit 4.4 percent by the end of the year, suggesting that another three-quarter percentage point increase is on the table (Fox News).

Vermont High School Bans Female Volleyball Players From Locker Room Due to Trans Dispute

Daily Mail: Members of a Vermont girls high school volleyball team have been banned from using their own locker room and now have to change in a single bathroom stall after they complained about a transgender teammate. Some teammates allege that the transgender player at Randolph Union High School made an ‘inappropriate remark’ to some of them while they were changing in the locker room. (Daily Mail). New York Post: Some team members want the transgender player relocated, but Vermont’s state law means that students can play sports and use the locker which corresponds to the gender with which they identify (New York Post). Brandon Tatum: It’s okay to be inclusive with people. But you can’t be so inclusive that you thwart other people’s rights. Young women who are playing volleyball, they have the right to be safe and feel secure in a women’s locker room (Daybreak Daily). Mollie Hemmingway: Randolph High School in Vermont allegedly investigating brave girls on volleyball team for being upset at being asked to change in front of male (Twitter).

Trump Suing CNN for Defamation

CBS: Former President Donald Trump is suing CNN for defamation and asking for compensatory damages in excess of $75,000 and punitive damages of $475 million. He is claiming that the cable news giant has harmed his reputation with “false, defamatory, and inflammatory mischaracterizations of him” and that CNN’s conduct “is intended to interfere with [his] political career.” In particular, Trump argues that he’s entitled to hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages because of CNN’s use of the term the “Big Lie” to describe Trump’s “stated concerns about the integrity of the election process for the 2020 presidential election” (CBS). Charlie Kirk: President Trump is suing CNN for $475 million claiming the network has carried out a “campaign of libel and slander” against him. Trump’s suit references CNN labeling him a “racist,” “Russian lackey,” “insurrectionist” and “Hitler” (Twitter).

President Visits Puerto Rico to Assess Hurricane Damage, Announces $60 Million Relief Plan

Politico: President Joe Biden will survey storm damage and meet with families and community leaders in Puerto Rico on Monday, where he’s set to announce more than $60 million in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for disaster recovery and preparedness for future storms… The recovery and ongoing search and rescue efforts after Hurricane Ian have threatened to overshadow the devastation in Puerto Rico, which was ravaged by Hurricane Fiona more than two weeks ago. More than 100,000 people continue to go without power as a result of the storm damage (Politico). The Blaze: Joe Biden: “I’m heading to Puerto Rico because they haven’t been taken very good care of” (Twitter). Fox News: Puerto Rico has devastated by natural disasters in recent years, especially from Hurricane Maria in 2017. One reason why is because of the island’s poor infrastructure for handling storms, which the White House hopes to solve (Fox News).

North Kora Fires Possible Ballistic Missile Over Japan

ABC: North Korea has fired what appears to be a ballistic missile over Japan, the country’s Ministry of Defense said Monday. The government of South Korea confirmed that the Japanese government warned citizens to take shelter. The missile likely flew over Japan, but it is still unknown whether the missile fell into the sea… A government spokesperson said no damage has been reported so far and a search is underway for debris. Officials are gathering information and will work South Korea and the U.S. (ABC). CNN: Tuesday’s launch marks North Korea’s 23rd missile launch this year, including both ballistic and cruise missiles. However, launches over Japan are rare; the last time North Korea fired a ballistic missile over territorial Japan was on September 15, 2017, when the projectile flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido (CNN). Disclose.tv: North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew over Japan. Missile alerts have been activated (Twitter).

Ukraine Forces Push South into Territory Putin Annexed

Wall Street Journal: Ukrainian forces broke through Russian lines and made new advances in the southern Kherson region while expanding their rapid offensive in the eastern part of the country, retaking areas that Moscow now claims to be part of Russia. Pushing south, the new Ukrainian advance secured a corner of the only Russian foothold on the western bank of the Dnipro River, which bisects the country. Ukraine has in recent months destroyed all the bridges to that enclave, which includes the regional capital, Kherson, making it increasingly difficult for the large Russian military contingent there to be resupplied with fuel, ammunition and food (Wall Street Journal). NBC: Kyiv’s troops were pushing forward in the country’s east and south, threatening a major new breakthrough and forcing Putin’s soldiers to retreat from territory he claimed to have annexed in a grand ceremony last week. Moscow has matched its annexation claims with a call-up of reservists and new nuclear threats, a broad intervention that has not only threatened to escalate its clash with Ukraine’s Western allies, but also expose domestic vulnerabilities (NBC).

Putin’s Nuclear Train Advances Toward Ukraine Increasing Fears of Escalation in War

Times: President Putin is set to demonstrate his willingness to use weapons of mass destruction with a nuclear test on Ukraine’s borders. The Kremlin has been signaling its readiness for a significant escalation as Russia loses ground on the battlefield. Fears over Putin’s earlier hints that he might resort to such tactics heightened yesterday with claims that a train operated by the secretive nuclear division was destined for Ukraine. Konrad Muzyka, a Poland-based defense analyst, said the train, spotted in central Russia, was linked to the 12th main directorate of the Russian ministry of defense and that it was “responsible for nuclear munitions, their storage, maintenance, transport, and issuance to units” (Times). Daily Mail: Musyka claimed the deployment of such units could signal a coming escalation in the conflict from the warmongering Russian president or constitute a precursor to large scale nuclear drills. It comes as NATO warned member states that Russia’s state-of-the-art Belgorod nuclear submarine has left its White Sea base, while key Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov said Russia’s military should use ‘low-yield nuclear weapons’ to turn the tide of the war in Ukraine (Daily Mail).

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Star of Rom-Com “Bros” Blames “Homophobes” For Movie’s Disappointing Box-Office Debut

Daily Mail: You may be surprised to learn that if you chose to go to the movies this weekend and saw the horror film ‘Smile’ instead of the romantic comedy ‘Bros,’ you’re a very bad person. In fact, you’re a bigot. You hate gay people. At least that’s according to Billy Eichner, the writer, producer, and star of ‘Bros,’ which tells the story of two gay men, who fall in love (Daily Mail). Fox News: Eichner was mocked on Twitter for complaining that “straight people” didn’t go see his film, while also warning “homophobes” to skip it. The comedian stars in the Judd Apatow-produced LGBTQ romantic comedy “Bros,” which tanked at the box office. The movie cost $22 million to make, but only earned $4.8 million its opening weekend (Fox News). Ernest Owens: As a Black queer man, I can personally tell you why I didn’t go see it in the box office: Because Billy Eichner is obnoxious (and corny) as hell (Twitter).

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